Hints, Tips, and Best Practices for Implementing FICON Fabrics (As Well as how to Avoid Common Traps/Landmines)

Want to learn the best practices for FICON fabric design ? What things are significant and which are not ? How do/should virtual fabrics play into today's designs ? How many buffer credits are enough and how can i monitor them to make sure I estimate correctly ? What technologies are available for link aggregation and when are these recommended ? What are the most common pitfalls seen during initial FCIP SAN extention deployments ?

This session will cover real life examples of deployments and issues seen during customer deployments - and how to avoid these.